Answer Questions from chapter 4,5 and 6

Short Answer & Essay Questions:

Discuss the 8 steps in change management. Which of the steps do you believe is the most crucial for creating effective change?
Why are teams using collaborative tools like groupware and wikis to coordinate their work rather than a communication tool like e-mail?
Briefly define the four most common IT architectures. Which of these is a modular system that can be set up quickly?
Describe a business process by identifying the input to the process, some tasks associated with the process, the output of the process and a metric that could measure its effectiveness.
Discuss the 4 steps for optimizing virtual teams and address the cave and commons approach.
What was one of the first things Marissa Mayer did as a new CEO of Yahoo? Describe reasons for why her actions would be appropriate.
According to Ford, white collar jobs and blue collar jobs are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence/robots? Are there any jobs that are safe from automation • Historically there has been a link between increasing productivity and rising income, however recently this link has broken down. Discuss what may be the causes of this as argued by Ford.
Ford briefly raises the idea of a basic guaranteed income. Define what this means, provide Ford’s view and lastly state your viewpoint on the topic.